Snap-fastener.



B. H. MARCUS.

SNAP FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-14, 1915;

Patented Oct. 3]., 1916 attorney;

Sgecification of Letters Recent.

:MIARCUS, OF BRUQKL'SZ'LT,

Application filed fieioizer' M, 1915. Serial No. 55395.

Be it known that I, BENJABIIN ELK Linens, a citizen of the United States, residing; at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful IIXlPi'OVBHlEIIiZS in Snopfiastencrs, of which the following is a full, cl ami,'end exact specification,

This invention relates to snap fasteners 01' sepai'a ble buttons of ihe type having a solid head and a. resilient socket.

It is the aim oi the invention cc pi'oilucc a separable button of this him-l which is very simple in constn'actionsnci inexpensive to manufacture but WllTiCil iWiil effectively rec-in the ports of the button toget-li r. when assembled and will not soon lose its holding power. In order co insure a better grip of the msilieni; socket upon the head, the grip ping i'neinoci? provided with three head engaging portions wronged oqoigli.stoz1izly epai'l; around the need. 21116. the holding force of the grip :ing members is exerted in a direction parallel i.) the plane of the outton and at rights ngles to the axis of the head.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with the accomganying drawings. which constitutes 0. art of this spccificatioin and. then more s; eciiicolly defined. in the claim at; inc enri of the clescripiion.

In the accoinpainying drawings, wherein similai reference characters are used to desseveral vie s: Figure 1 is an. inner face view of the socket menibei? a, separable button or snap fastener coi'isiiiiucted subsian-- tioily in accordance wiiaii the invention, a portion of live ii-esc i of the button being shown in 'ill'lfi socket. 2 is {L tronsvoi'se section on the iinc of 1.,

the hentl carrying; member 01 the device being shown. in edge VIGW. Fig. 3 is an outer a, fizsm disk. providecl with o centi'si opening; 2 and havingits edge horned. {H3 roiierl to form bead-like flange 3 on fi -o miter face as? the The member larly connect-ed by a sharp mend 10. The

other extremiizies of the parts '3'" on. 8 may be free 01" scpzimietl. from one another, as indicated at 11 incl 12-. The resilient socket piece is'l'ieid cpijnetive position by have ing; the bonds 9 and 5. and the free ends 111 and i2 underlie ililfl flange 8 on the disk 1.

As illustrated best in Q, the bends 9 engage. the peripheral veil of the Whiie? ihe free ends 11 end 12 of the .poriis "Z anii. 8 resigectiveiy, of the resilient socket, member. sic normally spaceai away from said peripheral \iell of said flange.

It Will be oliserveii float the parts 6, 7 and 8 are practically the some length so as 20 "form What might be termed a triangle except that the sides or 6, 7 and. 8 are bowecl or curved inwardly to bring their niicldie portion into position to engage Qi e need of the fastener. When the head, wiii'cli is shown [1i] lei carried by :1 disk 13, is fer-cool inibo-lzlie socket member. iT-i port 6 will not yield to any appi'eciiibie end; because ifihe extremities of said port 21L the bends 9 and are in contact with the peripheral wall of the flange 3; These bonds 9 and 10 may be held in this pas-icon by clamping the flange 3 more forcibly upon chem than upon she free ends 11. and 12. It will thus be seen that in this form oi the invention, substzinaieily all of the yielding action is confined to the parts 7 and 8 which, the eniergeri end portion 1- of the head is forced through the socket member. will be spree" opalt or forced outwarci to the position. indicated in dotted lines in Fig. As soon as the heed M has been entireiy seated in the socket member. the parts 7 and 8 will spring in- V Word to the solid line positionin Fig. 3 and grip the reduced portion of the head as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a, snap fastener, a socket piece liavirig a turned over flange at its edge, and a grip ping membm' of resilien Wire bent in erally trmnguhlr shape with m; sides arrang ai m Qesytmr to engage head, the extrenutles. 0r flue sldes ,tria-ngie nommikvengaging the auto W511;

and the extremltles 01 two;

of the flange,

of the sides at the oiher B'Olfifil of the "'51? at two corners of the angle bebg no; .011 W23.

molly whereof I have 55 name to mus specification.

BENJAM N H., EM

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